HERE 2 Biographical Dictionary of the Organ | Building Details | St. Olave’s, Tooley Street, Borough, Bermondsey, London, England

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Details of St. Olave’s, Tooley Street, Borough, Bermondsey, London, England

Building History
1737Church rebuilt after collapse
1843Fire
1926Demolished

Organ History
Built by Bernard Smith
1802Repaired and modified by Hugh Russell
Status
Destroyed
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
32121-T

I. Choir (Tracker GG-d 52 notes)
1.Stopped Diapason8'
2.Principal4'
3.Flute4'
4.Fifteenth2'
5.Cremona8'
II. Great (Tracker GG-d 52 notes)
6.Open Diapason8'
7.Stopped Diapason8'
8.Principal4'
9.Twelfth2 2/3'
10.Fifteenth2'
11.SesquialteraIII
12.MixtureII
13.CornetV
14.Trumpet8'
15.Clarion4'
III. Swell (Tracker tenor C-d 33 notes)
16.Open Diapason8'
17.Stopped Diapason8'
18.Principal4'
19.CornetIII
20.Trumpet8'
21.Hautboy8'

Organ History
1846Built by William Hill
1923Moved to St. Mary-the-Virgin’s (Rotherhithe Parish Church), Marychurch Street, Rotherhithe, Bermondsey, London, England
Sources
Hopkins & Rimbault - “The Organ: Its History and Construction - A Comprehensive Treatise on the Structure and Capabilities of the Organ” - Robert Cocks & Co., 1877, London

ManualsStopsRanksCouplersAction
239404T

I. Great (Tracker CC-f3 54 notes)
1.Sub-bourdon32'(tenor C)
2.Tenoroon16'(tenor C)
3.Bourdon16'
4.Unison8'
5.Unison, treble (tenor)8'
6.Unison, bass (bass)8'
7.Viol di Gamba8'(tenor C)
8.Salicional8'(tenor C)
9.Clarabella8'(tenor C)
10.Quint5 1/3'
11.Octave4'
12.Wald Flute4'(tenor C)
13.Decima3 1/2'
14.Duo decimo2 2/3'
15.Super-octave2'
16.Piccolo2'(tenor C)
17.Octave decima1 3/4'
18.SesquialteraIII
19.MixtureII
20.FurnitureIII
21.DoubletteII
22.GlockenspielII
23.Posaune8'
24.Clarion4'
25.Octave Clarion2'
26.Cromhorn8'(tenor C)
27.Corno Flute8'(tenor C)
iGrand Combined
iiSwell to Grand
II. Swell (Tracker tenor C-f3 42 notes)
28.Tenoroon16'
29.Unison8'
30.Unison8'
31.Octave8'
32.Suabe Flute4'
33.Super-Octave2'
34.Flageolet2'
35.Octave Fifteenth1'
36.Cornopean8'
37.Hautbois8'
Pedal (Tracker CCC-D 27 notes)
38.Contra Bourdon32'
39.Principal Contra Bass16'
40.Bass Trombone16'wood.
iiiGreat to Pedal
ivSwell to Pedal



List of Organists
1730-38John James (-1745)
1793-1802John Purkis (1781-1849)
1823-28Joseph John Harris (1799-1869)
1827-47Henry J. Gauntlett (1805-1876)
1847-52E. T. Chipp (1823-1886)
1852-53George W. Morgan (1821-1892)
1891-94Stretton Swann (1858-1927)
Clifford Johnston (1868-1960)
1895-1914H. V. F. Miniken (1867-1959)
1929-37Sylvia Irene Sunderland (1912-)